Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has wavy auburn hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Taklinn was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Taklinn's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1100 sp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears just a black suit. His golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. Prâk enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Ugly. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears bulky white painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She got into the Sage business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Wrenn isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He's in love; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a blue vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his blue boots flare out at the collars. His chestnut hair is lengthy. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His childhood dream was to be a Assassin, but he was a colossal failure. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Flaws: Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 110 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a green scarf. She has black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After a long history of fighting, Seddit and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Fabien was born with his mother's beautiful face. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Fabien fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Glassblower but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 390 gp.